Inscription: [on the top band]: CARO MEA VERE. EST.CIBVS.ET.SANGVIS.MEVS.VERE ETS.POTVS; [on lower band]: HIC EST PANIS QVI DE CELO DESCENDIT.SI QVIS MANDVCA VE RET.EX HOC PANE.VIVET INETERNVM; [beneath the base]: SVORA / GOSTANZA / DE / NARDI / LANO / MDLXIII [trans. by Jessie McNab: (top band): "My flesh in truth is a drink" or "This is my body, this is my blood;" (lower band): "This is the bread which came down from heaven. If anybody shall have partaken of this bread he will live in eternity" or "Whoever shall have partaken of it shall live in eternity."
